Extremity at the end of an arm or forelimb

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A hand lifts a ball. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Milking cows: a milker's hands.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving, 1748.

Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.

The hand: three figures, (left to right) bones, muscles, and surface anatomy. Colour lithograph, 1868, after J.A. Vinter.

A woman (Leang Yen?) with a large tumour on her right hand, reclining and concealing her face. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1838.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver pushing down the threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

Hands : amazing appendages : a free event for the incurably curious / Wellcome Collection.

Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

Hands / Darian Leader.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

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Hand

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Works from the collections

Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

Hands : amazing appendages : a free event for the incurably curious / Wellcome Collection.

Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

Hands / Darian Leader.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

Hand

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hand

Works from the collections

Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

Hands : amazing appendages : a free event for the incurably curious / Wellcome Collection.

Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

Hands / Darian Leader.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

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